Improvement in wardrobe-bedsteads



' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IMPROVEMENT IN WARDROBE-BEDSTEADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 66S, dated April 2, 1838.

To @ZZ whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, ZEBULoN C. FAVOR, of the city of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Mode of Constructing Wardrobe -Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof.

The improvement consists in having the bed-rail attached to the door or front, so as to strengthen and keep the rails from springing, on which the canvas or bed-bottom is placed, so as to have the bed made up and ready for use when folded up in the case, and also in having a closet at the under part of the case to contain the night furniture, &c. This bedstead may be made in any of the front views of wardrobes.

The improvements in my invention consists in the bed-rails forming a part of the door, having the canvas or bed-bottom attached to it on one side and made in the form of a door on the other. It is hu ng at a sufficientdistance from the floor by means of a closet, so as when folded down to be about the height of a common bedstead; also, in having the closet-door hung at the upper-edge on the aperture at the bottom of the case, so as to conceal the night furniture, dsc., which may be put into it. The head-board is placed so as to protect the bedclothes, bolster, and 4pillows from falling out when turned up by sliding in two grooves in the side of the case. Two or more loops are attached to the bed-rails, into which rods are introduced for the purpose of holding the bed and bedclothes in their proper place when turned up. Two moving columns or pilasters are placed at front corners of the case, so as to cover the openings in the corners, by the legs being attached to the rails when turned or raised up.

I proceed to describe the operation of this the strap across the foot of the bed, and then turn the'bed up into the case, and then turn the columns or pilasters forward, that cover the openings caused by the legs, and the whole then presents the front of a beautiful wardrobe with columns on the corners of the case; third, the closet at the foot of the'case presents the view of a drawer with knobs on the ends, as appear in the drawings herewith forwarded.

The wardrobe-bedstead occupies less space in thickness by about one-third by means of the closet not having doors to swing out when the bed is let down. `It is more convenient,

and is more simple, and is less expensive in y building and materials.

The Wardrode-bedstead may be made to lie on the side, to turn up'sidewise or endwise, as may best suit purchasers, and so as to present the view of a single or double wardrobe, as convenience or 'fancy may require, and may be ornamented as the proprietor may direct.

What I claim as my invention and improvement in wardrobe-bedsteads, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The making the under side of the bedstead so as to imitate doors, in the manner set forth, there being no doors in the improved wardrobe-bedstead, which swing out and thus occupy room.

ZEBULON C. FAVOR.

Witnesses:

A. MOORE, LEVI WHITNEY. 

